Judith Martin
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Judith Martin better known by the pen name
Pen name
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 Miss Manners, is an American
United States
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 journalist
Journalism
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, author, and etiquette
Etiquette
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 authority. Martin's uncle was economist
Economics
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 and labor
Trade union
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 historian Selig Perlman
Selig Perlman
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Martin was born and spent a significant part of her childhood in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
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  where she still lives and works, graduating from Georgetown Day School
Georgetown Day School
Georgetown Day School is a pre-K-12 private preparatory school in Washington, D.C..-History:GDS was founded in 1945 as the first integrated school in the District of Columbia.-Academics:...

. She lived in various foreign capitals as a child, as her father, a United Nations
United Nations
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 economist
Economist
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, was frequently transferred. She is a graduate of Wellesley College with a degree in English.
 
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